Editing Bilderberg Group — Master Case File (section)

=== Primary Identification ===

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! Field !! Detail
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| Formal name || Bilderberg Meeting; Bilderberg Conference; Bilderberg Club
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| Founded || May 29–31, 1954
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| Founding location || Hotel de Bilderberg, Oosterbeek, Netherlands
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| Founders || Jozef Retinger (initiator); Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (chairman); David Rockefeller (U.S. support); Paul van Zeeland (Belgium); Paul Rijkens (Unilever/Netherlands)
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| CIA involvement in founding || Walter Bedell Smith (CIA Director) contacted; Eisenhower adviser C.D. Jackson arranged U.S. participation
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| First meeting attendance || ~80 delegates from 11 European countries + 11 Americans
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| Annual attendance || 120–150 participants
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| Operating rule || Chatham House Rule (attribution prohibited; use of information permitted)
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| Governance || Steering Committee (~30 members from Europe and North America)
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| Chairmen || Prince Bernhard (1954–1976); Lord Home (1977–1980); Walter Scheel / Lord Carrington (1981–1998); Etienne Davignon (1999–2011); Henri de Castries (2012–present)
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| Secretariat || No permanent headquarters; minimal bureaucracy
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| Published materials || Participant lists and agenda topics (since ~2010); no meeting transcripts
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| Official website || bilderbergmeetings.org
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| Annual location || Rotates among luxury hotels in Europe and North America
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| Meeting frequency || Annual (every year except 1976, 2020, 2021)
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| Ford Foundation funding || $30,000 (1957); $48,000 (1959); $60,000 (1963)
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| Most recent confirmed meeting || Stockholm, Sweden, June 12–15, 2025 (71st meeting)
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